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Louise Earnest
Louise Earnest

New York Times, Thursday, March 28, 1968

Author:
Louise Earnest
Editor:
Margaret Farrar
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 76, Blocks: 35, Avg Word Len: 5.00, Missing: { J Q X }, Scrabble score: 295 (avg 1.55)
Open Squares: 60, Cheaters: 2, FITB: 6, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 5, Grid flow: 42.0
Louise Earnest has 79 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1968, The New York TimesNo. 6,802
Across
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Beverage. : SODA
5
"Came the ___." : DAWN
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Certain airborne items. : UFOS
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To ___ (perfectly). : ATURN
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Eight: Sp. : OCHO
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Cement. : GLUE
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Toothsome item. : POTATOCHIP
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Finally. : LAST
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Kind of street. : ONEWAY
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Fish. : ALEWIVES
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Southern Slav. : SERB
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Osprey's cousin. : ERNE
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Old auto. : REO
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Soldier down under. : ANZAC
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Well-known school. : HARROW
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Counters, old style. : ABACI
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Cease. : LETUP
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Choler. : IRE
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A certain quantity. : SACKFUL
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Attaches. : APPENDS
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Ticker tape abbreviation. : ITT
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Assignation. : TRYST
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Cereal fungus. : ERGOT
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Enclose. : SHUTIN
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Numerical prefix. : TETRA
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Continue to be. : ARE
50
Chapter of the Koran. : SURA
51
Castile. : SOAP
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Kind or employe. : SALARIED
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Zip. : BOUNCE
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With. : AMID
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Like some parents. : OVERSTRICT
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Eminence. : NOTE
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Left. : WENT
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Right-hand page. : RECTO
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Prohibitionists. : DRYS
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Fine ___. : ARTS
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Chemical suffixes. : OSES
Down
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Lithographer's need. : STONE
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___ space. : OUTER
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Impediment. : DRAWBACK
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Theater group. : ANTA
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Sneezy's brother. : DOC
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Take ___ on. : ACHANCE
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Period of time. : WHILE
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Slangy denial. : NOPE
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Less seemly. : UGLIER
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Extract. : FLAVORING
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Yorkshire river. : OUSE
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Places with care. : SETS
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Military addresses. : APOS
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Courtroom word. : OYEZ
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Part of the packaging. : WRAPPER
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Tennis term. : RALLY
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Better: Slang. : NIFTIER
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Relative of "giddap." : HUP
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Religious calendar. : ORDO
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Name in theater lore. : WEST
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Sale sign. : ASIS
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Sauna. : BATH
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Fact. : ACTUALITY
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Spud, to some. : TATER
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Pottery item. : URN
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Corrections. : ERASURES
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Collegian. : STUDENT
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Certain winds. : TRADES
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Keep ___ on. : TABS
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Divide. : SEVER
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Being held in reserve. : ONICE
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Bookkeeper's concern: Abbr. : ACCTS
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Character in "Henry IV." : PETO
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Yellowish color. : SAND
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Love: Lat. : AMOR
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Hawkeye State. : IOWA
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Other: Sp. : OTRO
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Football players: Abbr. : RTS

Answer summary:
5 debuted here and reused later, 4 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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